Sue Jeno called the meeting
to order at 3:35
p.m. in the Memorial Room of
the Memorial Union.

Election of IAC Chair:†
Lillian Elsinga nominated Ray
Diez as chair of the IAC.† Judy DeMers
seconded the nomination.† The committee cast
a unanimous ballot to elect Ray Diez the new chair of the IAC.† Sue Jeno will contact him to verify that he
will serve.†

Meeting Dates:† The meeting dates for fall semester were set for
October 18, November 15, and December 13.†
The October 18 will begin at 3:00 p.m., the
November and December meetings will begin at 3:30 p.m.

Minutes:† The minutes from the May 5, 2005, meeting were approved as
submitted.

Introductions:† Tom Buning, Director of Athletics, and Betty
Ralston, Associate Director of Athletics, were introduced as well as two new
committee members; Judy DeMers and Donna Pearson.

Department Updates:

Tom Buning gave a power point
presentation to the committee to introduce himself and his philosophy. The
presentation touched on the mission, goals, principles, facilities and
direction of Department of Athletics.† A
copy of the presentation is attached.†

Budget:† One of the critical areas addressed was the
Department of Athletics budget shortfall.†
Tom Buning indicated that if no changes were made to the Athletic
budget, Athletics would end the year $680,000 in debt.† He is working with Alice Brekke,
Director of the Budget Office, and Juli Reisnour, Athletics Business Manager,
to solve this problem.† They have a three
prong plan to cut the budget.† One third
will be from across the board budget cuts, one third will be from staff and
personnel changes and one third will be from an increase in fund raising.†

Sue Jeno said that the IAC
approved a preliminary budget in the spring but that the committee was told a
final budget would be presented for approval in the fall.† It was also recommended that the IAC be
provided with quarterly financial reports.†

Judy DeMers questioned UNDís financial relationship with the Alerus and REA.† Tom Buning said REA experienced a $400,000
deficit last year.† He is working with
others to rewrite the REA contract to increase revenues returned to UND
Athletics.† The Alerus contract is signed
for this year but will be evaluated in the future.

Sioux Illustrated:† A Publications Editor is being hired by
Athletics and will report to the Director of Media Relations.† The editorís primary responsibility will be
Sioux Illustrated but that individual will also assist with other areas in
Media Relations as time permits.† Rob Bollinger
said an editorial board has been formed to oversee Sioux Illustrated.† The board members are Rob Bollinger, Amanda Hvidsten, Don Kojich and Jody
Hodgson.

Athletic Reorganization:† Tom Buning has been working with Human
Resources on the reorganization of the Athletics staff.† Two Associate Athletic Directors, Rob
Bollinger and Betty Ralston, have been added, two Assistant Athletic Directors in
operations and marketing will be added.†
Several positions will be eliminated and the reporting structure will be
streamlined.† The goal is to have new
staff, including an Assistant Athletic Director Ė Marketing, in place by
January 1.†

Facilities:† The Athletic Department will be working on a
facilities master plan to present to the Presidentís Office.† No target date has been set.

Division I/Division II:† UND is studying the DI/DII question.† Tom Buning reported that UND must be ready to
capitalize on whatever decision is made regarding NCAA classification.†

Next Meeting:† The next meeting is scheduled for October 18,
at 3:00
p.m.† Items to be discussed should be hockey
seating, spring GPA, fan behavior, Sioux logo-NCAA, NCAA rule changes and
use/future of the old Engelstad Arena.††
Sue Jeno also requested that a monthly compliance report be presented.